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Synopsis

Tense, gripping prison-break thriller in which suburban school teacher John Brennan (Russell Crowe) studiously researches a way to reacquire his wife Lara (Elizabeth Banks) who is doing life for a murder he doesn't believe she committed.

Review

18 reviews so far

Rating: 0.5 out of 5 stars

Is Wentworth Miller in this movie? Because the premise sounds vaguely familiar...

Commenter

Geek

Location

Melbourne

Date and time

February 03, 2011, 9:58AM

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars

The US don't like Rusty because he threw a phone at some douchebag service industry type (there seem to be a lot of them over there) instead of swallowing the crap-sandwich he was being fed ... it goes deeper than each performance ...

Commenter

Mr Hyde

Location

Melbourne

Date and time

February 03, 2011, 12:12PM

Rating: 0.5 out of 5 stars

Find it hard to watch Crowe in anything, he's not a spectacular actor (though certainly adequate) and his off-screen personality is so repulsive that I'll give any film with him a wide berth...he's the new Mel Gibson :PAnd blah @ watching hollywood remakes of European films.

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James

Location

Melbourne

Date and time

February 03, 2011, 12:23PM

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

I really don't think any movie Russell Crowe is in will attract anyone here in the US. After his outbursts and telephone throwing people just don't like him. Probably celebrities do, but many people just don't like him. Some actors have a bad boy image but are endearing, unfortunately, he isn't.

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Ashley

Location

USA

Date and time

February 03, 2011, 2:43PM

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Crowe is a great actor, this is fact. If people would rather watch Angelina Jolie in crap movie after crap movie then so be it.Mr and Mrs Smith....seriously...absolute DROSS. Love Crowe and his attitude, stuff Hollywood and there expectations for stars to toe the line. Also love Ricky Gervaise for same reason.

Commenter

Spartacus

Date and time

February 03, 2011, 3:17PM

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Russell Crowe is somebody who lives life on his terms.

At times, in the media, he does seem a little abrasive. True. But so what. Just because he doesn't want to be chased by the media, etc.

Personally, I have no interest in sitting next to him on a plane, I would prefer it was greg norman, or Ita Butrose. Maybe John Clarke or Clive James would be good.Or even that QLD premier. What a job she has done. What leadership.

However, regardless of how much money they makes, I dont think people should judge him. Never judge a man, until you have walked in his shoes.

So, even though I get why people dont warm to him, it's got nothing to do with his acting, or the quality of his films.

Here is a list of his films I like, all of which are outstanding. The boy can act. And So I look forward to seeing this latest movie.

Maybe you're all just pissed off because Russell's a Kiwi, and not a bogan.

So what if he throw's the occasional tantrum. We all do.I think he's one of the most 'realistic' people on the planet.

Can't wait to see the film.

Commenter

Kel

Location

South Yarra

Date and time

February 03, 2011, 5:00PM

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Why do we care so much what a bloke is 'like' off screen when his all he's required to do is be good on it? Crowe is consistently terrific on screen. I, like 99.9999% of the rest of us would not have the foggiest what he was 'like' in his own time, so I can't possibly have an opinion of him personally unless of course I choose to accept the word of gossip rags over basic common sense that dictates more often than not most people are pretty reasonable, decent, good-humoured folk. Guy can act. Film is good. The rest is shallow, baseless opinion dressed as fact. Simple.

Commenter

Max

Location

Tugun

Date and time

February 03, 2011, 9:17PM

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

I saw this movie during it's European release here in Paris. And while I knew nothing of the film and its plot, and nor do I have a liking for Russell Crowe. I went with my better persuasion of never judging a book by it's cover, even if the theatrical trailer was very lacklustre. But I will be one of the first to admit, it was a thrilling experience from start to finish. I had also seen the original French version titled Pour Elle, and while the US remake is almost character for character, and scene for scene, towards the end there is that extra pinch of excitement and tension in the plot, where then the two movies are separated. I do hope it receives better reception in Australia then the rest of the world as it's very deserving.

Commenter

bennie

Location

PARIS

Date and time

February 03, 2011, 10:02PM

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

I have read a couple of reviews with humorous contempt. Russell Crowe an 'adequate' actor. Please name an actor you consider superior to Mr. Crowe. Phone throwing incident...that's such old news...a misdemeanor that was blown out of proportion....a nobody who opted for celebrity blackmail.Please if you don't like Mr. Crowe or his acting, just don't go to his movies and above all don't post snarky reviews about a man who is in the top of 5 best actors in this generation. cheers